Sanitary cuspidor



F. AND l. GLASS.

SANITARY CUSPIDR.

MPLlcATlon man Juni 21. |919.

Patented S9111 9,1919.

19 iii;liijgiiii111'"-J FREDERICK GLASS AND OHN GLASS, `QF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI.

SANITARY cusrrnoa.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919-.

Application lled June 21, 1919. Serial No. 305,830.

clear, and exact description of the inven-V tion, such as will enable others skilled 1n the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.` y

The present invention relates to improvements in sanitary cuspdors, andhas for an object to locate a cuspidor out of sight beneath the floor with a cover forming acontinuation` of the floor for closing and concealingV the cuspidor but .arranged to be` opened by the foot to disclose and give access to the hidden cuspidor.

The invention will be :found particularly useful in oiiices and railway cars.

Inthe accompanying drawings .forming a part of this application, and in which similar reference symbols indicate correspondy ing parts in the several views:

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a floor, showing a sanitary cuspidor constructed in accordance with the present invention and with the cover-in the closed position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the cover open.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, with parts broken away, of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional View taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates a floor of a building, railway car, or the like, in which isV made an opening 2 having a shoulder 3. A cuspidor 4 is placed beneath the opening 2 in. the floor and, where the device is used in buildings, as for instances Voffices the lower smaller end of the cuspidor 4 may be connected to a drain pipe or other outlet; whereas when used on railway cars the hottom of the cuspidor 4 may be left open.

The cuspidor is shown in Fig. 1 to beV normally concealed by a cover V5 Vforming a continuation of the floor l, hinged to the floor as indicated at 6, and adapted to seat against the shoulder 3. The cover 5 is recessed on its under side, as indicated at 7,' to receive and form a close fit with the upper mouth of the cuspidor 4.

Near the hinge 6 the door is furnished with a bar 8 having pivotal attachment to the upper end of a link 9 which is pivoted at its lower end to a lever 10. The lever 10 `is fulcrumedfbetween its ends as at 11 0n Qa stirrup `or `hanger 12, and at the other side of the pivot point 11 is`connected to a pedal 13 which passes up freely through an opening 14 in the floor, so as to be depressed by the foot. A coil spring 15 is interposed between the lever 10 and the bottom of the floor 1.

Beneath one end of the lever 10 is a bracket 16 which receives the cross bar 17 of a second U-shaped `lever 18 which straddles the cuspidor 4, and extends tothe other side of the same. The U-shaped configuration of this lever 18 can be clearly seen by reference to Fig. 3. The two arms of the U-shaped lever 18 are pivoted in the lower ends of a pair of hangers 19, depending from theloor 1, and tol the other side of the lever pivotal point the arms of the lever are joined by a second cross bar V2O to the central part of which is attached' apedal 21 having a vertically sliding movement through an opening 22 made in the iioor 1.

In use, the device is normally in the position shown in Fig. 1, where the cover 5 is in the horizontal position covering the opening 2 and mouth of the cuspidor 4, and lying flush with the floor 1 so as to form a continuous and unbroken surface therewith. Whenever the use of the cuspidor 4 is desired, the cover 5 may be raised by depressing either of the pedals 18 or 21 accordingly as the one or the other is convenient to the foot. The spring 15 tends to depress the meeting ends of the two levers 10 and 18, and as a consequence to hold the cover 5 in the closed position, as appears in Fig. 1. However, when either of the pedals 13 or 21 are depressed, the spring l5 will be compressed to allow the proper movement of the lever 10 necessary to secure the opening of the cover 5. The depressing of the pedal 13 will swing the lever 10 from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2, which is accompanied by a raising of the link 9, which transmits a` corresponding raising movement to the bar `8 and cover 5, swinging the cover up about the hinges 6 to disclose the receptacle 4. The bracket 16 will also cause the companion lever 18 to be rocked in unison, and whenever the other pedal 21 is depressed the level 18 will swing the lever 10 inthe same way, with similar' results.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that we have provided a simple, cheap and positively operating device for the above described purposes which can be operated from either side ofthe cover 5, and which conceals the cuspidor when not in use, so as to be particularly useful from a sanitary standpoint, especially in public places such as oice buildings andrailway cars.

It will be obvious that those skilled in the artmay vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit `of, our invention, andtherefore we do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1.` In combination with a 4floor having an opening, of Va cuspidor beneath the opening, a cover tting in the opening and hinged to the floor, a pair of levers, one of said levers made substantially Ushaped and straddling the cuspidor, and means at opposite sides jot the cuspidor whereby said levers may be rockedfor raising the cover, substantially as described.

` 2.111 combination with a floor having `an opening, `of a cuspidor beneath the opening,

a cover for the cuspidor hinged to the floor and fitting in the opening, a lever pivoted beneath the floor and having4 connection at one end to said cover, spring means for normally moving said lever to close said cover, foot-operated means whereby the lever may be rocked to raise Vthe cover, and a second lever having operating means at the other side of the cover and connected to said firstinentioned lever for operating said cover, substantially as described.

8. In combination with a floor having an opening,` a cuspidor beneath the opening, a cover hinged to the loor and adapted to tit in the` opening, `a lever pivoted beneath the floor at one side of the cuspidor, almk connection between said lever and cover, a spring for moving said lever to close the cover, a pedal attached to said lever extending above the floor whereby the lever may be operated to open the cover, a. second lever ulcrumed at `the oppositesideo -said cuspidor,-said last mentioned lever being substantially U-shaped and straddling the cuspidor, a brace carried by the first-mentioned lever` for attaching the second mentioned lever thereto, and a pedal attached tosaid second mentioned lever and extending above the floor at the opposite side of the cover, substantially as described.

FREDERICK GLASS. JOHN GLASS.

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